Kazimierz Zalewski

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Kazimierz Zalewski

Kazimierz Zalewski, reproduction from magazine Kłosy, 1887
Born December 5, 1849 (1849-12-05)
Płock, Poland
Died January 11, 1919 (aged 69)
Warsaw, Poland
Pen name Jerzy Myriel
Occupation dramatist, novelist
Nationality Polish
Literary movement Positivism

Kazimierz Zalewski (December 5, 1849 in PłockJanuary 11, 1919 in Warsaw), pseudonym Jerzy Myriel, was a Polish dramatist, literary and theatre critic, one of the leading author of middle-class positivistic drama. He was also a publisher and editor of magazine Wiek (1875–1905), managing director of Teatr Mały in Warsaw (since 1909).

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Socio-psychological comedies
  • Przed ślubem (1875)
  • Dama treflowa (1879)
  • Górą nasi (1885)
  • Nasi zięciowie (1886)
  • Małżeństwo Apfel (1887)
Novels
  • Syn przemytnika (1884)

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  • Stachura, Renata (2001), “Świętochowski i rówieśnicy. Kotarbiński, Urbanowski, Zalewski. Sesja w 150. Rocznicę ich urodzin, Zakopane, 4–6 maja 1999”, in Mazan, B. & Przybyła, Z., Kazimierz Zalewski: „Pani Podkomorzyna” — próba komedii historycznej, Częstochowa 
  • Kuligowska-Korzeniewska, Anna. Apoteozować spekulantów: O komediach Kazimierza Zalewskiego w Łodzi (Polish).


Persondata
NAME Zalewski, Kazimierz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Myriel, Jerzy (pseudonym)
SHORT DESCRIPTION dramatist, theatre critic
DATE OF BIRTH December 5, 1849
PLACE OF BIRTH Płock, Poland
DATE OF DEATH January 11, 1919
PLACE OF DEATH Warsaw, Poland